The Ultimate Doom, Part 3
As Cybertron's orbit ravages Earth, the Autobots take the fight to the Decepticons.
Writer: Leo D. Paur
Major Characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Minor Characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Original Air Date: Date
Summary
On Cybertron, a brainwashed Sparkplug Witwicky sounds an alarm on Spike, Brawn, and Bumblebee. As Shockwave and Soundwave attempt to destroy them, but Skyfire, Wheeljack, and Trailbreaker rescue them. Heading to Wheeljack's lab, they review the hypochip data gained.
On Earth, Megatron is overseeing the construction of a large hydroelectric generator that will allow the Decepticons to harvest more energy. Doctor Arkeville is becoming increasingly dissatisifed with Megatron's disregard of his interests, and feels that Starscream may be more sympathetic. Optimus Prime leads Jazz, Prowl, Ironhide, and Bluestreak (on surfboards) to the generator, where their wipeout prevents them from being able to stop the Decepticons from leaving in a shuttle carrying Energon cubes. Arkeville is left to die, but Starscream saves him, having his own plans for the scientist.
On Cybertron, Wheeljack develops a device that should disrupt the hypnochips control over the Humans. Spike attempts another rescue of his father, but is discovered by Shockwave. However, Wheeljack's device disrupts the hypnochip, and the Autobots flee back to Earth, with Sparkplug freed from the Decepticons' control.
On an island, Megatron is overseeing the loading of a shuttle with Energon cubes, while Mirage goes to see if he can direct the humans away from the ship. Nearby, Starscream's own experiments in draining neural energy from Arkeville have failed to fill a single Energon cube. Megatron discovers them, and prepares to execute Starscream for treason (again). However, Mirage managed to direct the humans away from the shuttle, and Prime orders an attack. The Decepticons outnumber the Autobots, but Skyfire and company soon arrive to even the odds. However, Cybertron comes into view of the island, causing a tidal wave. Megatron flees in the shuttle for Cybertron. Spike declares that they just need to knock Cybertron out of Earth's orbit, and Prime orders the Autobots to shoot Megatron's shuttle. The plan works, with the Energon onboard knocking Cybertron out of Earth's orbit.
Back on the island, Spike feels thinks that Megatron is dead. Optimus, knowing his mortal enemey's survivability rate, is not so sure. In space, Megatron comes back on line, and flies away from the wreckage. of the shuttle.
Quotes
"My slaves will drown!" -Dr. Arkeville
"I thought humans liked to play in the ocean?" -Megatron
Notes
- This episode is subtitled "Revival" in scripts and other official materials.
Technical/Animation Glitches
- As usual, most of the Cybertronian seekers are colored as Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp.
- While escaping from the Decepticon lab in Cybertron, Soundwave's Decepticon insignia is not shown.
- When Thundercracker is wrestling with Ironhide, his color is a significantly brighter shade of blue than usual. It is back to normal in the next scene, when he flies away.
Continuity Errors
- In the jungle, when the energon cubes are being loaded, Megatron says: "I want the slaves to work faster. Where is Dr. Arkeville?" But it was he who previously abandoned Arkeville on the power plant, and the doctor would have drowned had Starscream not rescued him unknown to Megatron.
- Oddly, Megatron was able to survive an explosion which had enough energy to shift the orbit of Cybertron. How Megatron had the durability to survive a planet moving blast is a mystery considering his previous durability showings.
- And for that matter, if the explosion pushed Cybertron away, why wasn't Earth moved in the opposite direction?
Transformers References
- Wheeljack's place in Cybertron, previously seen in "Divide and Conquer", is shown again.
- For someone who turns into a gun, Shockwave has terrible aim.
- Starscream's attempts to convert Doctor Arkeville's neural energy into Energon fail. What this says about the intelligence of both scientists is debatable.
Real-World References
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Miscellaneous Trivia
- A couple of Decepticon-cars are shown in this episode, but it's not clear if they are Transformers. They seem to be similar to Jazz in Cybertronian vehicle mode.
